Toy.



N0- 828,995. PATBNTED AUG. 21, 1906. R. F. AYERS & E. KEEN.

TOY!

APPLICATION FILED OUT-20. 1906.

INVENTORS ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND F. AYERS AND ELIOT KEEN. OF NEW YORK. N. Y.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed October 20. 1906. Serial No. 283.614.

1'0 and whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RAYMOND F. linens and ELIOT KEEN, citizens of the United States, and residents of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Toys, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a toy of the papercut-out type, and more especially to a mechanical arrangement for imparting motion to such devices.

We will describe our invention in the following specification and point out the novel features thereof in claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy made according to our invention. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 illustrate patterns of one form of cut-out which may be printed upon pa )er, cardboard, or other suitable material. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the arrangement which we have invented for imparting motion to F1 ures of this kind. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are side e evations of the cut out with the parts in different relative positions, illustrating the operation of the invention.

llike characters of reference designate cor responding parts in all of the figures.

10 designates a figure having parallel sides 11 and 12, preferably formed from a blank of paper, cardboard, or other suitable material. It may be made to represent a figure such as that of a person, animal, or object, such, for example, as a goat-carriage, as shown in the drawings. F ig. 2 shows a blank with a fancy figure printed u )on it. We will describe somewhat speci' cally the figure therein shown for the )urpose of illustrating our invention, but 0 not limit ourselves in any way to this particular shape or design. The fi ure may be printed upon afiat card, upon. w rich may also be printed directions for cutting out, settiu up, and operating the toy. The sides 11 and 12, which when the object is set up should be parallel to each other, represent the sides of a cart havin Wheels 13 13 integral therewith. The portions 14 14 will form the front end of the cart, and the portions v15 15 will form the rear end of the cart. 16 16 designate a harnessed goat attached to the cart. A number of projecting lugs 17 are provided. The dotted lines designate lines on which the figure is to be folded. Four 5 slits 18 should be cut in the portion which forms the top of the cart, and small holes 19 19 should be made in the sides 11 and 12 in the places designated. The figure may be cut out and folded upon the dotted lines. Paste may be applied to lugs 17, which are shown with their surface shaded, and these may be struck fast to the inside of the cart. The two portions 16 16 should also be pasted together. The figure when thus cut out and set up will form an object like that shown in Fig. 1.

A small figure, such as that of a kneeling boy 20, (shown in Fig. 4,) may be cut out, with extensions 21 21 attached thereto. These extensions should be bent at the dotted lines at right angles to the rest of the figure, and these maybe slipped through the slits 18 18 on the top of the cart, so that the figure of the boy will appear as it is shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 illustrates a similar figure of a child in a sitting posture. This figure is provided with extensions 31, and it may be used in the manner above described. It is evident that as many of these figures desired may be provided and that one or more of them may e used at once. Fig. 3 shows another pattern printed upon a similar blank. After it is cut out the shaded portion 41 should be pasted upon the portion 42. The extending portion 43 may also be bent over and pasted down upon the main portion of this piece. When completed, this will form an oblong rin 40, as shown in Fig. (i. This ring should be Tormed to have flat portions on the sides where the parts 41 and 42 are pasted together and where the portion 43 is pasted down and to have its ends 44 and 45 semicircular in shape. The width of this ring 40 is slightly greater than the length of an ordinary threadspool 50, and the width of the top of the cart or the distance between the parallel sides 11. and 12 is slightly greater than that of the ring ii) e will now describe the operation of the device. After the figure has been set up, as previously described, a round body of suitable size and form, such as an ordinary spool 50, is laced within the ring 40, the latter is placer between the parallel sides 11 and 12 of the completed figure, and a pin 60 put through the holes 19 and ring 40. The toy is then placed upon a board or other suitable support 70. Motion is imparted to the toy by tilting the so i ort 70, as shown in Fig. 7. The spool wi l first run down in ring 40 until 1t reaches the semicircular portion 44. During this part of the operation the cart TTO itself will have little or no motion. The spool will continue its onward movement, and the ring 40 will then roll with it. -'lhis will cause the ring 40 to be brought into the position shown in Fig. 8, with its side pressing against )lll 60. This will carry pin and the whoie object upward and forward in the direction indicated by the arrow. The forward part of the object for example, the goat lfi may be designed to touch support To when the parts are in this position. As spool 54) and ring 40 roll along they come into the positions shown in Fig. 9, carrying the object forward, but the ring 40, acting upon pin (it), again bringing the rear portion of the object down onto support 70. This cycle of operations will be repeated. The intermittent forward and up-and-down movement thus imparted to the toy much resembles that of a galloping horse or of a jumping rabbit. It is not necessary for ring 40 to have flat sides. .It may be elliptical in form, if desired. Of course this same motion. may be imparted to other objects in a similar manner, and we therefore do not limit ourselves in any way to the specific application of this invention herein shown and described.

W'e have described this toy as a paper cutout; but we do not limit ourselves to this construction, as of course the toy may be made of tin or other material and in any desired design.

hat we claim is 1. In a toy, the combination of a hollow object, an oblong ring within the object, and a body capable of being rolled, said body be ing situated within the ring.

2. In a toy, the combination of a hollow object having parallel sides, an oblong ring Within the object, and a round body within the ring.

3. In a toy, the con'ibination of a hollow object having parallel sides, a supportingbase therefor, an oblong ring within the object, a pin through said sides and through said ring, and a round body within the ring.

4. In a toy, the combination of a hollow object having parallel sides, a supportingbase therefor, an oblong ring within the object, a pin through the ring and through the parallel sides of the object and supported thereby, said ring having both of its axes longer than the distance from the base to the pin; and a round body within the ring.

5. In a toy, the combination of a body piotorially representing an object, said body l l I having a hollow compartment with parallel sides and a top, an oblong ring within said compartlncnt, a ')in through the ring and through the parallel sides and supported by said sides, a round body within the ring, and an independent object detachably mounted upon the top of the first object.

6. ln a toy, the combination of a body pictorially representing an object, said object having a hollow eompartinel'it with parallel sides, a supporting-base therefor, one of the lower parts of said body being parallel to the supporting-base and another of the lower parts of said body being at an angle to said supporting-base, an oblong ring within said compartment, a pin through the ring and. through the parallel sides and supported by said sides, and a round body of some weight within the ring.

7. In a toy, the combination of a body pictorially representing an object, said body having a hollow compartment with parallel sides, a supporting-base therefor, one of the lower parts of said body being parallel to the supporting-base and. another of the lower parts of said body being at an angle to said supporting-base, an oblong ring within said compartment, a in through the ring and through the paral el sides and supported by said sides, and a round body of some weight within the ring, said round body arranged to be rolled within said ring and to cause the ring to rock the object and to carry it forward.

8. A cut-out toy formed from a printed blank pictorially representing an object and having a hollow compartment, and propelling means within the compartment, said means comprising an oblong ring and a spool within the ring.

9. A cut-out toy formed from a printed blank, pictorially representing an object, and

- having a hollow rectangular compartment,

propelling means for the toy within the compartment, said means comprising an oblong ring of a width less than that of the comparte ment and a spool within the ring of a length. less than the width of the ring.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RAYMOND F. AYERS. ELIOT KEEN. itnesses:

J. M. VVlLSON, A. G. QUAoKENBUsH. 

